Photographer's Tips for Actual Wedding [For aspiring photographers]

Building a Community - wedding photography tips

Hello! I will be sharing 3 tips gathered from a shoot for a couple who tied the knot at The Citizen Farm. The shot consisted of early morning bridal preparation, family tea ceremony and evening wedding reception at the cozy huzy spot. Enjoy!

#1

Visualise

Tip #1: It is important to know the schedule well and visualise the possible pictures, even before the actual day.

You can get your inspiration from the internet, such as pinterest and instagram. Use these free sources to gain new ideas and perspectives!

Of course, the happiest moments are not always planned. In fact the more genuine the moments, the more impromptu it gets. Yet, having the backbone of the locations and activities in the schedule would help in preparing you to know when to standby for key shots.

Key shots might involve in thinking through whether you like to have close-up or wide shots, top or bottom-down shots, in respective scenarios. What are the kind of emotions you like to capture for the couple? Learning to direct where necessarily, is important for the shoot. That is when visualising the pictures come in handy even before shooting, based on understanding the couple's personalities, special request and schedule.

#2

Focus

Tip #2: General tip for close-up shots is to have the focus on the eyes of the main subject.

It is not often quoted as the eye is the window to the soul for nothing, and this tip will definitely allow your shot to have much more impact and story to be told. Almost all our emotions can be shown through the delicate and beautiful eyes on the face, so be sure to be observant and capture them. Though it is not necessarily all the time, set your manual focus to be on the subject's eyes for clarity, as the camera will also capture the important surrounding features near the eyes, such as the smile.

#3

For the final and #3 tip...

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Take a step back

Tip #3: Stand further to capture the background more than what you perceived as necessarily.

Standing further away to capture the scene and background of the moment - will bring in more story for the couple. Not only is this better in giving context to the photograph, it also saves a ton of regret especially during post-edit where it is easier to crop the picture if you want, than to magically add on things that was not captured in the first place (definitely a life-saver advice).

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Combing all the tips can be tricky, and it does take practice.

Last but not the least, smile and celebrate love. The energy you radiate will channel and translate into the photographs you take for the couple. The more confident you feel, and observant you are of the surroundings, the better shots you will take.

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